La Mezcla

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON! follow Otter: @otterleemoy follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About our guest: Otter Lee (He/They) is a Queer NYC-based actor, comedian, writer, and voiceover artist. He currently voices Otter Lin on the animated satire series Stephen Colbert Presents: Tooning Out the News on Paramount+. They will also be starring in the Comedy Central cartoon Fairview in 2022. In 2020 and 2021, Otter served as a creative producer and performer for Asian Comedy Fest. His storytelling segment "Discomfort Food" recently premiered on the Comedy Central X Logo Instagram collab "The Gag."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Gabe! @darth_gabe follow Gabe's Show! @boyzinthewoodsny follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow Adrián! @adrian.burke About our guest: Gabe Pereira is a Brazilian-American stand-up comedian and writer based in NYC by way of Boston. He's performed at the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival and currently produces Boyz in the Woods, a stand up-meets-trivia show, where audiences can win free drinks by answering pop culture and hip-hop trivia questions in between comedian's sets. He also writes and shoots comedy sketches and contributes headlines and articles to the satire magazine FlexxMag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow David! @perezident follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow Adrián! @adrian.burke About our guest: Hi! I'm David! I am Brooklyn based writer, performer, comic, and homosexual Mexican man. I was a performer at UCB Theater NY (RIP) and my work has been seen at Steppenwolf Theatre, Littlefield, Dixon Place, Joes Pub, and The Exponential Festival. My writing has appeared in The Rumpus, Contagious Magazine and an essay of mine will appear in this fall's "Kweendom" Anthology. My pilot “1993” was a Semi Finalist in the Screencraft competition, and won 1st place in the Fresh Voices ½ hour pilot competition. Before the world became poo poo, I hosted the popular monthly show “Hail Mary: Our Queer Saints.” I have a BFA in Acting, and a PHD in gossip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Lauren @clarka_lark follow The Black Creator Connection @theblackcreatorconnection Check out Lauren's Coaching Business! Returning guest Lauren Clark this week! We talk creativity, resilience, comedy and a lot more. Check out the links above to support Lauren or follow her podcast The Black Creator Connection! ALSO La Mezcla is back with its first live show since the pandemic hit in New York City! The show is on August 4th at 7pm at Caveat on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Tickets available here! Virtual Tickets are available for out of town viewers or people who want to see it but don't feel like seeing people (I've been there trust me, no judgment). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Ryan: @allmyproblemz follow Awf Mag: @awfmag follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod This weeks guest is the amazing comedian/actor/satirist and cofounder of the queer satirical magazine Awf Mag: Ryan Leach! Please remember to like, review, and subscribe to the show and share with your friends! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Adrián! @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla! @lamezclapod follow John! @jahnfornsworth follow The Honeymoon Phase! @thehoneymoonphaseband About John: John Farnsworth (NYT, Guest of a Guest) is a comedy songwriter, host, and producer based in Ridgewood, Queens by way of Sacramento, CA. Pre-pandemic he hosted a monthly variety show, The Honeymoon Phase, with his beautiful band of the same name. For now, follow him on twitter and Instagram @jahnfornsworth for jokes, validation, and updates on his online shows, The Great Outdoors and Tall Boys Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Dylan: @dylanadler_ follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Dylan: Dylan Adler is a comedian, actor, and musician based in NYC. He performs as an actor on Maude Night on his team "Young Douglas". He's performed musical comedy at the New York Comedy Festival and was featured in The New York Times for his show "Rape Victims are Horny Too" with Kelly Bachman. He also performs musical improv on the People's Improv Theatre house team "Punch Funk". Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow La Mezcla on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Lorena! @colonialmanface About the Guest: Lorena Russi (aka La Rata) is a Queer-Latinx Pro Soccer Player turned Comedian and Filmmaker. Her 10 years in entertainment range from hosting live shows for Amazon to writing-producing for The Late Show digital team. Follow her @ColonialManFace or follow her home, dealer's choice! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Sideways Smile: @sidewayssmileseries follow Hang: @honeyiplummedthekids follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Hang Nguyen is the amazing creator of SIDEWAYS SMILE, a dope new web series making the rounds at film festivals right now including Newfest and the Austin Film Festival! About SIDEWAYS SMILE: Alex fakes orgasms because she's never had one. After Dara, her eccentric queer roommate, pushes her to “get to know her pussy better,” Alex reluctantly enrolls in a class to get more in touch with her body. Each week, Alex learns something new about sexuality and identity, and must reckon with whether she wants to be what society tells her an Asian American woman should be or carve her own path. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow AMIGO SKATE CUBA: @the_amigo_doc follow Vanesa: @como.me.ves follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Vanesa Wilkey Escobar is an Emmy-Nominated Art Director for the Ellen Show as well as a first time documentary filmmaker on AMIGO SKATE CUBA! Be sure to follow the movies IG and look out for the release! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Kellan: @kelkeltrenal follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Kellan: Coming from both Native American and African American ancestry, contemporary artist Kellen Trenal (pronounced like "Chanel") aims to increase visibility for underrepresented communities while expanding upon the conversation on identity. As an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe, Kellen utilizes a wealth of his Indigenous crafting knowledge, passed down through generations, to explore the intersection of tradition and innovation. Kellen's works range from hand crafted accessories and jewelry design, to home decor, traditional indigenous regalia, modern apparel, and much more. Each piece is a custom creation: a Trenal Original. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Raquel: @rockwell826 follow BIPOC Voices of Long Island: @bipocvoicesofli follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Barbie: @barbieleungdp follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About Barbie: Barbie Leung is a New York based cinematographer and camera operator. Her work includes AMERICAN MORNING starring Emmy Award Winner Richard Schiff, a drama exploring the destructiveness of American school shootings. Other notable narrative shorts include family dramedy TELL-BY DATE and Slamdance Best Short Screenplay winner CRYBABY. Leung is currently filming the feature documentary BATTLEGROUND, a collaboration with Director Cynthia Lowen, with whom she has previously worked with on the feature NETIZENS (Tribeca Film Festival 2018). Leung's camerawork has also screened at Sundance, SXSW, Fantasia International, Newfest, and Outfest. She is an associate member of the SOC (Society of Camera Operators), and a recent participant of AFI Conservatory's 2019 CIW Workshop, a selective intensive for emerging narrative cinematographers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Desiree: @des_thecreatrix support The Blacktivated Boutique: blacktivatedboutique.com follow the show on IG: @lamezclapod and on Facebook: @lamezclapod We're Back! Our guest today is Desiree Okoh: Desiree is a French teacher and artist living in Boston, MA. When she is not thinking about how to reach these kids, she can often be found working on some creative endeavor. Recently, she opened the Blacktivated Boutique to raise funds for various organizations and in direct response to the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Dipti: @superdiptiwrites follow us on IG: @lamezclapod follow us on Facebook: @lamezclapod About our guest: Dipti Bramhandkar is a Mumbai born Indian-American playwright and performer. Her first play, The Accident, won Best Drama at the Frigid Festival. She has subsequently written and produced several short plays. Her autobiographical solo show, American Rookie, was performed at the Gotham Storytelling Festival, and received a full production at Luna Stage in January 2020.  The entire run was sold out and extended. She also presented her play Islands of Contentment at LAByrinth Theater's Barn Series in January 2020. She was the playwright-in-residence at Guild Hall in 2019. Dipti received her B.A. from Cornell and M.A. from Cambridge in English literature. Currently, she is developing a new play with Narativ UK, releasing stories inspired by life in quarantine on SoundCloud (which was featured on WNYC), and writing a screenplay for a film set in Mumbai.  Instagram: @Superdiptiwrites   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow Carolina: @carolinakaydo follow Adrián: @adrian.burke follow La Mezcla: @lamezclapod About Carolina: Carolina Do is an actor, playwright, producer. She is a firm believer in, and advocate for, art to address and activate change in the community it serves. Co-founder of The Sống Collective. Broadway: Tracy Lett's Linda Vista and Bess Wohl's Grand Horizons. NYC theater: Loading Dock, The Tank, New Dramatists, Primary Stages, The Flea. TV/Film: FBI: Most Wanted, Children of The Dust, Catfight, Queens The Series. Her play, My Mother's Daughter was recently a semifinalist for Space on Ryder Farm and a finalist for BRICLab. www.carolinado.com Upcoming: Collective Stories, May 20th @8pm ET, Streaming Live on Youtube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow La Mezcla on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Mike Improta: @mikeimprota follow the Neofuturists: @nyneofuturists About Mike: Michael John Improta is an Actor, Writer, and aspiring Tap Dancer of Puerto Rican descent from New Haven Connecticut. Past theatrical credits include Our Town (George Gibbs), Spring Awakening: The Musical (Moritz) The Lovesong of J Robert Oppenheimer (Edward Teller), and El Coqui Espectacular & The Bottle of Doom (Alex/El Coqui). Michael is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists where he performs, writes and directs for their ongoing ever changing experiment, "The Infinite Wrench". His work can be heard in the New York Neo-Futurists "New York Times" acclaimed podcast "Hit Play" available on all podcast streaming platforms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow us on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Marina: @marinampires follow the Heartstrings Project: @theheartstringsproject follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Marina: Marina Pires is a trilingual actress and singer-songwriter born in Brazil and raised in South Florida. She spent almost a year and a half touring with The Miami Sound Machine as a swing/understudy Gloria in “On Your Feet!” She was due to make her Broadway debut as Jasmine in Aladdin. And she still will. Eventually.  She was also on a badass musical improv team with Adrian when she first moved to the city and has been avoiding this interview ever since.  Here's some other fun stuff she's done: PHISH (Madison Square Garden), Vanessa “In The Heights” (Dallas Theatre Center), and Rapunzel “Into The Woods” (with Tituss Burgess).  Her band “The Heartstrings Project” is releasing their debut album Shadow People in 2020. Do us a favor and put us on your quarantine cooking playlist. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow on IG: @lamezclapod on Facebook: @lamezclapod About Olivia: Olivia Abiassi is a comedian, singer, and actor based in NYC but currently quarantined in Texas. Her latest work includes ‘The Commons' at 59E59 Theater, ‘Pride and Prejudice' at The Heritage Theatre Festival, ‘Eh Dah? Questions For My Father' at NYTW (Next Door Series), and screaming stand up at her victims in random east village bars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow on IG: @lamezclapod follow on Facebook: @lamezclapod About our guest: Sean Church-Gonzalez is an Astoria native, New York City based actor. He has been acting since the age of 6, theatre productions in elementary school, short films in middle school, studied Film Directing at The Academy for Television and Film for 4 years then Theatre Performance at SUNY Purchase for another 4. He has been in over 40 short films and the Lead of 2 feature films and just closed his Manhattan debut in February.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW AT CAVEAT IN MANHATTAN: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/la-mezcla--3-19-2020 follow us on IG and Facebook: @lamezclapod follow Adrian: @adrian.burke Andrea Thome is a Chilean/Costa Rican-American playwright. Her play Pinkolandia received the Lark Play Development Center's Launching New Plays fellowship and a rolling world premiere at INTAR, Austin's Salvage Vanguard Theater, Two River Theater (NJ), and 16th Street Theater (Chicago). For the Public Theater, Thome created Troy with Public Works' ACTivate Ensemble. Her plays include Undone (Queens College, Victory Gardens, Lark), Worm Girl (Cherry Red Productions) and her play translations have been produced by the Public, CTG, La Jolla Playhouse and others. Thome co-directs FULANA, an all-Latina satire collective, has directed the Lark's Mexico-U.S. Playwright Exchange Program since 2006, and teaches theater at SUNY Purchase. Residencies include Blue Mountain Center, MacDowell, SPACE on Ryder Farm and Keen Company. She was a New Dramatists resident from 2009-2016. Andrea teaches theater at SUNY Purchase college. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BUY TICKETS TO OUR LIVE SHOW ON 3/19 @ CAVEAT IN NYC: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/la-mezcla--3-19-2020 Follow the show on IG; @lamezclapod Facebook: @lamezclapod Follow Eric: @ericcunningham Eric Cunningham is a comedy writer of Mexican descent, currently Senior Writer at Broadway Video. He just wrapped as a creative producer on both NBC's "Holidays with the Houghs" and "The Kids Tonight Show," Jimmy Fallon's new series on Peacock.   Eric also hosts “What's the Big Idea?” at Caveat, and created Night Late, UCB's long-running celebrity-hosted late night talk show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Facebook: @lamezclapod Instagram: @lamezclapod About Lizzy: Lizzy Ana Lincoln is an actor, improviser, and freelance producer originally from Austin, Texas. She founded and helps produce The Paper Kraine, a semi-monthly new works performance night in the East Village operating since 2016. Her producing credits include Little League (with Three Hares: Audience Favorite and Best Comedy at Frigid Fest), a workshop of Welcome to the Doll Den (with Electric Eye Ensemble) and cleaning up a stage covered in vegan gravy and star shaped confetti. Catch her with Manta Ray Police Force, her indie improv team, or singing little songs to her foster cats. @brooklyninsomnicat for animal rescue work, @paperkraine productions to come make an art with us, and @lizzylink for human life  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow us on IG: @lamezclapod and facebook: @lamezclapod follow Adrián: @adrian.burke About Domenica: Born and raised in NYC and the proud daughter of dos Ecuatorionos, Domenica Feraud's recently made her Off-Broadway stage debut as both a playwright and actor in Rinse, Repeat at Signature Theatre. Other Off-Broadway: The Wild Parrots of Campbell (Cherry Lane Studio Theatre). TV: Law & Order SVU. Film: Betafish, and the upcoming Life After You. BFA from The Stella Adler Studio of Acting at NYU. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow La Mezcla on Instagram: @lamezclapod Follow on Facebook: @lamezclapod Follow Robin: @robin.virginie Follow NY NeoFuturists: @nyneofuturists About Robin: Robin Virginie is a New York City-based actor and writer. Theatrical credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, Into The Woods, the US national tour of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and the original Dutch cast of Spring Awakening. Robin is an ensemble member of the New York Neo-Futurists where she performs, writes and directs for their ongoing and ever-changing theatrical experiment, The Infinite Wrench. As a voice actor she can be heard in various projects across Europe and the US for Nickelodeon, Disney, Netflix and more. Robin is a proud immigrant of African, South American, and European descent and is always very nice when asked  'What are you?'" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

follow us on Instagram: @lamezclapod and on facebook: @lamezclapod follow mike on Instagram: @miketurnernyc About Mike: Mike is an NYC based actor, novelist, and an NYU-Tisch alum. A proud member of Actors Equity, some of Mike's recent credits include Night of the Iguana (American Repertory Theater, dir. Michael Wilson), Lucy Thurber's Orpheus In the Berkshires (Williamstown), Arthur Laurents' The Enclave (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater), and Katie Cappiello's JOY (Fridge Fest), to name a few. Mike is currently the face of the self-care app Bloom (available in App Stores everywhere) and in the process of publishing the first book in his dystopian fantasy trilogy, The Creators. Instagram: @miketurnernyc Website: www.MikeTurnerNYC.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Follow us on Facebook: @lamezclapod or on Instagram: @lamezclapod About Raji: Raji is an actor and teacher based in New York City. After training under Alec Baldwin and others, he completed his degree at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts in 2013. He has worked on television and in theater, both regionally and in New York City, off Broadway. He is most passionate about teaching others how deep, diaphragmatic breathing can carry them through high-stakes situations in their lives, lessening the effects of momentary trauma and increasing the possibility of bravely speaking the truth with clarity. @rajiahsan / rajiahsan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Buy Tickets to see Viviana in "Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven" at the Atlantic Theater Company: https://atlantictheater.org/production/halfway-bitches-go-straight-to-heaven/ About Viviana: Cuban-Honduran. Born in Miami. Hates having to write bios, loves theater, and loves to cook. Catch her this fall originating a role in “Halfway Bitches Go Straight To Heaven” by Pulitzer Prize winner Stephen Adly Giurgis, produced at the Atlantic Theater Company. Opening November 14th at the Linda Gross Theater. Proud member of the Labyrinth Theater Company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

COME TO OUR LIVE SHOW: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/la-mezcla-a-mixed-race-and-first-generation-variety-show--9-23-2019 About Tulio: Tulio Espinoza is a Venezuelan writer and comedian based in New York. He is the co-founder of the Satire and Humor Festival (@satireandhumor / satireandhumor.com), performs stand-up and characters around the city, and hosts the all-Latinx improv show GatoCulo at the UCB Theatre. His Javier Bardem impression is above average. Follow him at @tooleeoh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Our live show is September 23 at 7pm at Caveat (21A Clinton Street in New York) TICKETS: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/la-mezcla-a-mixed-race-and-first-generation-variety-show--9-23-2019 Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/654278268425097/ Come check out our live show hosted by Adrian and featuring: Marquis Rodriguez (When They See Us, The Game of Thrones Prequel Series) Julia Shiplett (Comedy Central Up Next) Fareeha Khan (MTV, Outcast Comedy) Marcela Avelina (Netflix, her single "Dark Room" is available on all streaming platforms) Diane Chen (High Maintenance, Sideways Smile) Andrew Coalson (NYTVF, Silly Boy) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

COME TO THE LA MEZCLA LIVE VARIETY SHOW ON SEPTEMBER 23 AT 7PM! Tickets: https://www.caveat.nyc/event/la-mezcla-a-mixed-race-and-first-generation-variety-show--9-23-2019 La Mezcla on Facebook: @lamezclapod La Mezcla on Instagram: @lamezclapod FOLLOW Marcela: @marcelaavelina Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dillon and Adrian talk growing up mixed Dutch/Puerto Rican/Colombian, pursuing comedy in NYC, what "dudepigging" is, and much more! This one went of the rails, folks. Hope you enjoy it. Dillon Geyselaers is an actor and comedian based in Brooklyn, New York. Dillon has appeared in over a dozen commercials— most recently for the ESPN+ app and a Super Bowl ad for Quicken Loans, both opposite Keegan-Michael Key. Roles in TV & film include the Emmy & Golden Globe award-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Primos, LLC (Más Mejor, NYTVF), Help Yourself (NYTVF), Boys (VICE), Aphasia (Tribeca), and Piranha Sharks (Cannes). Dillon has also produced and directed several short films and debuted his original standup show Check Please! at SOLOCOM 2015. Dillon has studied and performed improv and sketch comedy at UCB, The Magnet and The PIT in NYC and is a graduate of Manhattanville College. He attended Wooster School in Danbury, Connecticut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Support Arti's Kickstarter!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boysivekissedhated/boys-ive-kissed-and-hated Arti Gollapudi is a Brooklyn based comedic performance artist who received her masters in Performance Studies at NYU. She curates & hosts Yourself, Your Body at Union Hall and Comedy CUNT at Bluestockings Bookstore. You can also see her perform as Janine the One Eyed Bitch in Handmaid's Tale: The Musical! She is also a very dumb poet who recently self printed her latest batch of poetry titled ‘emotional slut' - you can read her comedic poetry @ArtiFartyPoems & purchase her printed booklets here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alex Riad is a New York based writer originally from The San Francisco Bay Area. He's the Literary Fellow at The Farm Theater, member of The Actor's Studio Playwright Unit, and recently joined the Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program at Juilliard. Theatre Credits: THE FLOOR IS LAVA (LaMama Experimental Theatre, 2017 Planet Connections Festival Best Play), IF YOU EVER COME BY HERE (The Tank), WHEN YOU GO (The Tank), STANDBYS (Thespis Festival), and WHERE SHE HANGS (Rondo Theatre). Film Credits: SCENES FROM THE UNDERGROUND (Feature Film, expected 2020). TV Credits: Co-Creator and Showrunner for the web series WHAT AM I DOING HERE? Streaming Online July 2019. Check out his next play, THE WILD PARROTS OF CAMPBELL presented by Now Collective at Cherry Lane in December 2019. www.alexriad.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Adrian sits down with comedian Bill Schaeffer! Bill Schaefer is a comedian born and raised in Queens, New York. After a brief stint as an amateur kickboxer, Bill started doing stand up and improv. What a pivot! You can catch him at the stand up shows he cohosts and produces, Friend Zone at Pine Box Rock Shop or Quality Time at Velvet Lounge. Bill is also a member of UCB house team Hotcake and a proud member of the Story Pirates. This poor guy also roots for the Mets, Jets and Knicks so...yeah. Take it easy on him.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For tickets to the premiere of Vishaal's show Insomnia follow this link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/insomnia-series-premiere-tickets-61206763076 Vishaal Reddy is an actor, writer, and producer from Tennessee and based in NYC. He received his undergraduate degree at Boston University where he dabbled in Business Administration and the Theatre Arts. He was recently selected as one of 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Creator N.O.W. creators. Upon moving to NYC, he booked numerous Off-Broadway plays and musicals, while also delving into the television world. His recent credits include The Punisher, Bull, and Big Dogs . Feeling frustrated with the industry's portrayal of Indian characters, he started writing and producing his own screenplays and sketches. His ultimate goal is to continue performing but also use his voice as a platform to launch a production company, focusing on the stories of the South Asian American and people in the LGBTQ community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Karen Sepulveda returns to the show! Our first ever returning guest. She's here to promote her show BODEGAVERSE! In this show, written by Karen Sepulveda and Mamoudou N'Diaye, two bodega clerks realize their boss' beloved bodega cat, Carter, has gone missing on the worst day ever. This five episode series takes place over the course of a day, following the pair as they track down Carter before their boss finds out while trying to keep the bodega in one piece. Everyone in the neighborhood, from hoteps to hoodrats, come together to celebrate what they believe is the end of Carter as we know him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With over a decade on the NYC scene, Chicano comedian Gabe Pacheco has appeared at Caroline's, The Creek & The Cave, and the Knitting Factory. He's featured at the Asheville Comedy Festival. Accidental Comedy Festival, The Oak City Festival, and the Cape Fear Comedy Festival. His voice is on John Fuglesang's Tell Me Everything, on Sirius XM, the “Katie Halper Show” and the “Eat Pray Judge Podcast”. He's a member of the Story Pirates community. His Album “Risky Behavior” was released March 2019 on 800 Pound Gorilla Records. Download his new album at https://800PGR.lnk.to/GabeEM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kyoung and Adrian talk growing up in Chile with a Korean family, building an artistic career with skeptical immigrant parents, moving to the US, and the struggle of not fitting neatly into one box.  KYOUNG H. PARK was born in Santiago, Chile and is author of DISORIENTED, TALA, PILLOWTALK and many short plays including MINA, which is published in "Seven Contemporary Plays from the Korean Diaspora in the Americas" by Duke University Press. Kyoung writes and directs his own work as Artistic Director of Kyoung's Pacific Beat, a peacemaking theater company, based in Brooklyn, New York. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ran Xia is an interdisciplinary theatre artist originally from Shanghai, China. Her works have been at IRT (Pomegrenade, Arctic'sFridge Fest), HERE (Harmony), Dixon Place*, The Brick ([ai], an adaptation of Ayn Rand's Anthem), The Wild Project, The Tank (Echo; Tao at Dark Fest 2018, Independent Study by Ben Gassman). A frequent collaborator of Exquisite Corpse Co.** (audio/visual installation Echo at the Memory House, on Governors Island), a current Resident Director at The Flea, and a resident artist at Access Theater. Assistant Directing credits include: Baby Fat: Act I (A Screeching Weasel punk rock opera, Dir. Michael Scholar, Jr. with Columbia Stages and LA MAMA), The Great Leap (by Lauren Yee, Dir. Taibi Magar at the Atlantic Theater), and Refrigerated Dreams by Carrie Mae Weems, Nona Hendryx, Francesca Harper, and Niegel Smith at Joe's Pub.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Glo Tavarez is an comedian and actor who lived in New York City. Performs with her Harold team Reba and can be seen on High Maintenance and Patriot Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Adrian and Donald talk growing up first generation Korean, leaving and coming back to New York, how they got their start in comedy, being person of color in the NY scene, and much more! Donald is one of the funniest up and coming comedians in NY, be sure to check him out at Asian AF and on his UCB house team Din Din! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Milly and Adrian talk growing up Dominican in Miami, moving to LA and eventually New York to build a comedy career, traveling to Japan, and Milly's work with Diverse as Fuck (http://www.diverseasfuck.com/) and the White Forgiveness Project. Follow Milly on her website: http://millytamarez.com/ Milly Tamarez is a Stand up, and comedic actress/writer based out of Brooklyn, New York. She has written for The Onion Studios, Reductress, Magnifier Magazine, BRIC, and worked on a collaboration with HBO and The Root. She has been featured on MTV, Vice, BET, Flama, Above Average, Univision, and Comedy Central.   She is the one of the creators and producers of Flexx (a satire magazine for people of color) and Diverse as Fuck Festival a festival that highlights diversity in comedy. Milly is also one of the founders of the all women of color improv team Affirmative Action. Her work has been featured in Vulture, Bushwick Daily,The Daily Dot, HelloGiggles, Galore Magazine, Adweek, and CodeBlack Report.  Milly can be seen performing at theatres across NYC and Brooklyn. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/la-mezcla-conversations-with-mixed-race-americans/id1381724032 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YbXuE2UteIBl0K45CFUKd Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/adrian-burke/la-mezcla-conversations-with-mixed-race-americans TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Arts--Culture-Podcasts/La-Mezcla-Conversations-With-Mixed-and-First-Gene-p1209073/?topicId=129680709 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Idinm3ufxhftfkvouqd23seys4y?t%3DLa_Mezcla%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Diane and Adrian talk growing up first-generation Chinese, secretly doing school plays , and being a non-binary actor on the scene in NY. Diane is an amazing wonderful human be sure to follow them on IG: @dianechen and check out diane-chen.com About Diane: Diane Chen is an award-winning multidisciplinary filmmaker & theater artist based in NYC. Their award-winning series Here We Wait has garnered 31 nominations so far on the festival circuit – including a win for Diane as Best Supporting Actress at Brooklyn Webfest and a Best Lead Actress: Drama nomination at the IAWTV Awards. Upcoming, they are producing and starring in Sideways Smile, a series about an Asian-American female in her comedic journey discovering her sexuality, and is a recipient of the Made in NY Women's Fund for Film, Television, and Theatre. TV: High Maintenance S3. As director and/or performer: Dixon Place, The PIT, IRT Theatre, Exquisite Corpse Company, Corkscrew Theater Festival, JACK, Columbia, Exponential Theatre Festival, Frigid Festival. Education: Dartmouth College, LAMDA, BLCU.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices